The main difference between the Switch and Wii is that people have been screaming at Nintendo for a more powerful Switch, by the end of the Wii's cycle the motion controls gimmick was getting old.
This! Something I think people don’t realize why some of nintendos console failed. Did the GC fail because it was perceived as kiddy. Sure, but it failed because the PS2 could play DVDs (so doubles as a DVD player for free when DVDs were all the rage) and also used DVD discs instead of the miniDVDs that GC used. This once again alienated some of the biggest third party developers. Did the poor marketing of the WiiU hurt it. Sure, but even once you knew what the WiiU was, it’s simply not compelling to buy. At the end of the Wii, the Nintendo brand was remarkably low Imo. Then they come along with a new console that had a $120 controller that developers didn’t know what to do with and also bottlenecked what hardware Nintendo can put on the console. Couple this with a fairly pedestrian game library as compared to other Nintendo consoles, and it’s not really surprising the WiiU failed. Power and a good game library works. Sony (which is the most consistent video game company) shows us that. You don’t need a weird absurd gimmick when the console itself is a gimmick.
@@XedefenseformExactly. I think people took Nintendo's own reasoning and ran with it to justify wii u's poor sales. The Wii U sold poorly because of a lot of reasons. It had an expensive gimmick, the hardware simply didn't hold up to the competition despite being very similarly priced, and there were almost no games from Nintendo that took advantage of the Wii u gamepad that needed to in the first place. It shows as well with how almost every major game on the Wii U was ported to the Switch. The Switch on the other hand doesn't need a new gimmick. The number one complaint with it is it's lack of power. That's all Nintendo needs to address really to sell well.
Yup! There existed no reason to purchase the WiiU over the PS4/Xbox. It was the same price as the other 2 but far weaker and far less supported. Did the WiiU have cool games on it, absolutely. But apart from MK, smash and BOTW, I would have been pretty fine with missing the other games that came on the console. More importantly, if you were a Nintendo fan, the 3DS would have serviced you far better. Apart from the three aforementioned games (and 3DS arguably has the better Zelda games overall), the 3DS has a far better array of Nintendo IP
People were also screaming at Nintendo for a more powerful console in the time of the Wii too. We sort of forget that the Wii U was sort of an intergenerational console, like the Dreamcast. It was an impressive console for like 5 minutes, not made any better by how a lot of people initially didn’t realize it was in fact even a video game console at all.
If the next gaming console has the word “switch” in it, it will fail. Like the Nintendo 64 to the Wii, those 2 were best selling consoles because their names weren’t alike, if the Wii U was called literally anything else, it would have sold so so much better, literally possibly surpassing the Wii
The Wii U failed due to extremely poor marketing. Naming it the Switch 2 won't cause it to fail as long as the marketing isn't awful. I can't tell you how many people either didn't know the Wii U existed or the fact that they thought it was an Addon for the Wii. PlayStation has used the same name since 1994 and just making the number bigger. If the Wii U was called something else it likely still would have failed because no one knew about the system
I mean, this video is a failure because weirdly it didn't take into account the handhelds, which never flop. Therefore by the thesis of your video, if the next system is a handheld still and the handhelds don't flop, how could it flop? A lot of your other takes I don't really get, like how online should SOMETIMES be free, because it's really arbitrary and people won't be happy with whatever games they ignore with such an initiative. And I don't think the flashcard is a big enough deal for it to be a point (listen buddy, if you were a hardcore gamer with a DS you likely owned R4, yet it didn't affect them much then). The flashcard not being a big deal for Nintendo compared to other systems (paging the Dreamcast) is because they have far more casual appeal, and casuals simply won't do this because it's too much effort/afraid of getting account banned/potentially bricking the console etc.
The next console from Nintendo will definitely be completely digital. In one of their shareholder conferences the ceo said that the success of the next console will hinge on their navigation of digital games. No one knows what that means, but for me success means letting me purchase digital titles and having the freedom to play them on any console. Today there is a restriction on main console that is unacceptable. They will need to open up their library sharing to make it equivalent to owning a cartridge.
It definitely will NOT be completely digital. That’s a guarantee. Nintendo games are still 50-50 physical/digital and in Japan it’s more like 70-30 physical. There’s no way Nintendo is going to alienate their massive physical audience. And not even Sony lets you play a digital title on any system. You get your main console and a secondary console
I’m okay without backwards compatibility as long as they have a good reason for it like a more powerful next gen switch rather than them just not doing it due to costs
I think they've broken away from the Wii branding enough that the home screen, menus, etc. don't need to be so functionally basic anymore. I hope the next console is allowed to have more of a personality again.
@@paulgilbert5278Iwata was an incredible man and had such an impact on Nintendo, but I'm certain in a company he led he's not the only person with a creative sense of fun. And a lot of the development on the Switch was done while he was still alive and active at the company...I imagine the UI of the Switch wasn't that way out of laziness and lack of Iwata's grace or whatever, it was a strategic move. They could do something a little more fleshed out again now.
@@paulgilbert5278 iwata was low key the reason that Nintendo was on the verge of failure to begin with. He definitely misinterpreted where the market was going and that’s how we ended up with the 3DS and WiiU
If you think about it the flops create a better relationship with the consumer as well since they’re desperate to sell and the consumer is more likely to try other games beyond their best selling ones
Not sure you you can call the N64 'A Huge Success'. Getting outsold 3 to 1 by your nearest rival and Selling significantly less than your previous two systems (three if you count the Gameboy) does not make for a Huge Success.
That’s what I was saying, they got cooked by Sony and nintendo had the best system (power wise). You’d think Nintendo would learn from their mistakes but I think they’re going to flop
It was also the moment they lost third party support, which they used to have lots of. Having cartridges on N64 instead of discs is the second biggest mistake they ever made. The biggest was turning down the deal with Sony, thereby resulting in the PlayStation
It is considered a "still commecial success" in a sense that it delivered and returned profit. So don't act like a stupid gamer.. And see things more like an adult. Competition isn't everything. If something has a positive growth it is a success.. Though yeah Playstation beat Nintendo. But what we adults call commecial failure are things that actually DECREASE the value of the company... WiiU for example. Yes WiiU made Nintendo LOSE MONEY. Thus it was considered a failure. Nintendo 64 was still very much a positive. Not a huge success. But it was a success especially considering what they were up against... And well... The N64 actually sold better than the Gamecube. It means it was pretty successful in many ways.
I can see Nintendo taking the 3DS route and adding a little piece of plastic at the side of the cartidge so that it cannot be inserted into a Nintendo Switch but can be inserted into the new console and since they have the same shape except for the little plastic for the new console that could mean backwards compatibility is possible.
Either way it won’t be a bad thing because essentially I could play my switch one games on a switch 2 then right? then I can maybe sell my normal switch and actually get enough money out of it so I can get some switch 2 games I’d want and of course get myself some accessories for my switch 2
I believe it is far too late into the switch 2's development cycle for them to completely change the cartridge system (assuming they are planning on backwards compatibility). To use the carts, you have to have a unique ID to copy over, and if Nintendo sees a duplicate ID they shut it down.
the biggest issue with this is people buying new games, copying the cartridge, and then returning the legit cartridge. it’s potentially screwing over people who buy used games and might even lead to the abandonment of physical cartridges. i’m aware these types of third party cartridges existed on the ds and such, but that was before any measures were taken to prevent/ban users from using it
@@dylynntendotrading games aren’t the problem but piracy that every company face is the problem. That is why we see all digital consoles that PC was way ahead of time.
@@therealjaystone2344 but if nintendo starts banning people for have two of the exact same cartridges active at the same time, used games are threatened since if cloned versions of the game are active, the person who bought the used physical copy is screwed over
@@therealjaystone2344 also piracy will always be a problem no matter what. having consoles be exclusively digital isn’t stopping anyone from pirating games
@@dylynntendo that’s why reviews are a thing whenever you go online for a third party seller. Used games aren’t exclusive to such vulnerability but unsealed games too.
N64 doesn't really count as it also sold less than the SNES. Also There's only so many gimmicks you can make for a console before it becomes nothing more than a novelty. I feel like its going to be another Switch, but its going to be more powerful and maybe address some issues with the current one considering the Switch name is very popular among people but unlike the Wii, the novelty didn't ware off as much since its basically bringing console experiences on the go.
Nintendo is definitely not going to remove their cartridge slot because of the MIG Switch cart. The vast majority of people don't want to get technical with that stuff and will just buy their games legally. People are going to find methods for Switch 2 modding and there really isn't anything Nintendo can do about it.
@@itstoasty7089DS flash carts were massive and so much easier to use, more readily available, more useful, etc., than the MIG cart, but Nintendo still allowed all of them to work on the 3DS anyway because there's no way to block them without breaking backwards compatibility, which they need because (like the DS), the switch library is Massive and no one is going to upgrade if they can't keep their old game library.
These systems may be a failure sale wise but that doesn't mean they are bad. Wii U has some of the best Mario games and that's why many of them were also transported to the switch
@@Yiannis_Pro garbage in terms of performance too. While it’s GPU was praised, the CPU was always called slow, it wasn’t that much better than the one on the 360
i’ve been having this same fear cause everyone seems to want a stronger switch and yet that’s just a repeat of the wii u situation… they claim it was a marketing issue which i agree, but also how would a switch 2 be any different in that sense… i want it to be good so hopefully they pull through!
The thing is ppl currently doesn't care for something that's not a improved switch, the brand has only gotten stronger through the years, unlike wii brand, that why a wii 2 and a switch 2 would perform so differently
Wii U also had a really weak launch line up. I think nintendo by now learned you can't start a console with a bad line up and expect sucess. So with a strong opening line up, actually good advertising and there current momentum which has never been stronger I think nintendo has a good chance of success this time. Mind you not switch sucess but definitely a respectable number way above gamecube and 64 numbers
@@teknixstuff fair but pretty much every predecessor has performed worse than the original… the snes, gamecube, 3ds, wii u… there’s reason to be concerned but i’m sure it’ll still be good
The SNES and the 3DS don't really count because their "predecessors" sold crazy well, not to mention the N64 sold less than the SNES. There is also the fact that the Wii is based on the Gamecube but the Wii outperformed it saleswise 5x over.
The Wii U suffered from thousands of issues, the first of which being thst it was called the Wii U. The gamecube suffered from its proprietary discs and also being stacked agaisnt the PS2.
You don't make money on console sales, you make it on software sales, which is why even abandoning the Switch is a massive gamble for NIntendo, the Wii U put them in the red because it failed to shift enough consoles for anyone to buy the hardware. If the new console doesn't have backwards compatibility it's a much harder sell for current Switch owners, which is a major problem for Nintendo since there's so many of them
I don't think they should release a new switch (or even console) anytime soon. I've had my switch since the year it came out and still have much more use to get out of it
@@ambientNexus I agree that it’s underpowered, but I think that’s fine honestly. Nintendo consoles don’t need to be as powerful as the newest PlayStation or Xbox. People mainly play the switch for its exclusives. None of which are that intensive on the system
@@miracle3515 Never said it had to be as powerful as the newest hardware from Sony or Microsoft, all I said was that it was severely underpowered from release date onwards.
@@miracle3515 The switch absolutely needs a replacement. It's been 7 years and that's about as long as a console generation tends to go. The Switch is heavily outdated in hardware and developers will continue to get frustrated if they don't they don't upgrade soon
This is nonsense. The NES and the SNES was massively popular and the N64 was not as popular and went on a downward trend so this video already started on a crappy foundation. You can’t predict anything about consoles reliably, just wait and see
If this means the Switch 2 gets cool characters and creative influence, then I'm all for it! Let the belly flop competition begin! Actually, now that I see all the possible problems, this is pretty scary! I don't know what to think! Plus, this feels like the last generation, we've reached the max cap!
your logic is flawed the N64 was not a successful generation, your ignoring the handheld console side which has always done better than the home console side, the generations that flopped didnt have mega sellers like the handheld systems did where as Switch 2 will have them such as Pokemon and Animal Crossing which were on the 3DS which while the worst selling handheld still did 76 million not a flop by any means then include a new Mario Kart, 3D Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Luigis Mansion and other big selling games next gen cant be another Wii U or GameCube situation
@@Stephan5916 It's really just a handheld with dedicated cooling and HDMI port though. The handheld division was probably already working on it as a potential follow-up to the 3DS, but with the failure of the Wii U they expedited it's release. In these videos they completely ignore that handhelds have always been the bulk of Nintendo's sales, not home consoles. All Nintendo handhelds sell well, so the boom bust (mostly bust) cycle of their consoles is basically irrelevant.
So piracy is one the problems 2:18... again, people trying to fool the system while having cash. I can understand doing pdf of books for college that costs high as much or even more than a game, but a game itself? People are so in NEED to the point of something that's not necessity?
"2" is a significantly more marketable term than "U". It's a lot easier for people to tell what the hell is going on with a "2". We're used to number schemes with iPhones and such.
I think that retro would be a great abscence this "next generation" if it doesn't make it. Switch library is massive and covers Wii U, many indie games and probably the most Nintendo exclusives in a generation. But, sadly, I can easily see Nintendo cutting retro, blaming flashcarts and making with this a move to sell even more Switches (now limited, because end of generation).
The main difference between the Wii and the Switch. Is that the Switch has a growing hardcore community of people who will buy more then one or two games. Unlike the Wii that people bought for Wii Sports, and Mario Kart Wii and maybe a few other games.
DVD playback helped the ps2 A LOT, it was a relatively cheap DVD player at a time where the format was pretty popular. They tried the same with the PS3 and Blu Ray, but the thing was prohibitively expensive, without considering inflation, it was more expensive than a Series X or a PS5 with a disc drive. In fact, you could literally get a wii, a 360 with no hard drive and a 360 memory card for the same price, or a 20GB Xbox 360 and a Wii for only 50 USD more.
I personally like the concept of the WIi U. Also, the ability to use a pen and the idea to play simulataneously on two separate screens is great. Nintendo might just had a bit of bad luck with it. I would love to see a revision of it
It all depends on how you percieve it Me personally, it was...ok. nothing more nothing less My cousins used the Wii U more anyway for playing Just Dance-
@@Aliix458 for just dance? Really? I’m not judging, I just find Xbox 360 and Xbox one ( but not the series X|S) to be the best platforms for Just Dance, they’re a lot of fun with Kinect
If they couldn't find a use for the gamepad screen in 2012, then how exactly would they manage to find uses for it over a decade later? Face it, the gamepad was a complete mistake.
I mean if they wanted to do backwards compatibility without the flash card being a problem, they could just make it so you would "unlock" all your physical switch games digitally on the next consols eShop the day it comes out or something. People would probably be able to sneak a pirated game or two through, but it's better than people being able to pirate switch games forever. Assuming the new console has backwards compatibility. Maybe Nintendo is just banking on being able to sue anyone who tries to sell flash cards, Or maybe backwards compatibility was never on the table internally at Nintendo. who knows
Nintendo doesnt have to do anything crazy with the next console. Literally just make a better switch in terms of power and capability, maybe add a few cool unique features, and theyre golden.
They just need to call it SwitchU, and it will guarntee that. Aside of that they really should make abetter design to replace joycons. Its abysmal how uncomfortable they are in handheld mode. They should follow the design of some of the aftermarket joycon replacements that fill the hands better.
Ps2 was a glorified dvd player for many, as it was cheaper than a dvd player. Ps1 was bought en mass because everyone burnt copies of games. PS3 didn’t sell because no enough people cared about blue ray
Nintendo GameCube was actually ahead of the curve in many aspects. The OG Xbox came in later in the gen and PS2 was also a dvd player. What made the Gamecube fail was 2 things: 1. The use of Mini Dvds, which made the console hard to breach/hack (took people like 4 years to crack it) but limited development as mini dvds had way less storage in. 2. I believe the console itself was hard to develop for, same happened with the WiiU and PS3. Edit: What actually happens is that companies get cocky after the successful previous gen, and start making a lot of decisions that hurt them. We've seen Cocky Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox at least once.
It's funny because one of the factors that made the PS2 a huge success and the most sold console ever, was its modchip boosted piracy. Many, many people in huge cities of third world countries never saw a PS2 original game outside some big stores.
@@CidPsyNope the GameCube was in fact the second easiest console to develop for. Due to its simple and well known PowerPC architecture and being very powerful in its generation. Certain aspects of the GameCube was better than the Original Xbox. Like far more raw polygonal output, faster memory, smaller discs had faster load times, very efficient in power and performance per watt and had a much faster CPU than the Xbox. Xbox had a lot more ram, could hold a lot more memory on its discs, was basically a PC so easier to develop for, superior shaders, better component output support.
@@ZackSNetwork Well I do say this out of memory and we'fre talking about 20 years now xD but at any rate, didn't remember it was easy to develop for. What I do remember was the controversy of the Mini Dvds implementation and its smaller capacity of storage, I remember articles and articles pilling up on that on how it wpuld impact the console negatively. In a way we can also attribute the commercial failure of the system due to all the negativity surrounding it as the succesor of the N64. Kinda reminds me what happened to the Switch previous to its release actually.
I just hope the new system is 100% backwards compatible with current Switch cartridges with no online nonsense being required. If they want a different size or shape cartridge for Switch 2, that’s fine, but put a regular Switch cartridge slot somewhere on the thing also.
There's a bit of a misunderstanding here when it comes to why companies sell consoles. Usually, companies will sell their consoles at a loss, meaning that they don't make any money off of console sales themselves. That's why the Switch could be sold for just $300. The reason companies do this is because they want to get their system in the hands of as many people as possible so that they can make money off of their software. So the main reason Nintendo would feel pressure to make a new console would likely be due to an inability to sell new software on it, which, given the Switch's technical limitations, makes sense. You can't port something like Elden Ring to the switch.
They'll only be harming themselves by trying to push more gimmicks, they really should realize by now that they never manage to support those gimmicks in the long term for their consoles.
@@EngineerFromPvZ The switch is not only highly successful, it also unified their formerly separate home console and handheld focuses into a single product that covers both. They'd be complete idiots to throw it all away for some new gimmick that would only end up harming sales. What else would they even do anyways? I mean, for all of their gimmick consoles (only partially including the wii), they just ended up abandoning said gimmicks halfway through the lifespan of the system. For the 3ds, most of the games later on just stopped supporting 3d altogether, same with streetpass. The gamepad was nearly useless throughout the entire lifespan of the Wii U. Even the original DS had devs barely being able to find uses for both of the screens at once.
@@ambientNexusI'm not completely against the idea of a Switch 2, I understand that it absolutely the best way to go. I just feel like waiting 7 years for something new and it just being the same thing, again, would be boring. Also I dislike that it's both a home console and a handheld because it limits what it's allowed to do. Yeah, having a new one would fix that, but it would still be in my eyes a handheld console that you can play on the tv where the graphics in portable mode are impressive for the time, but real soon be obsolete. I wouldn't mind it especially if they added any notable features, but I would just see it more like a New Nintendo 3DS Vs an actual new console. Also I really shouldn't have said "gimmick" since I had an idea in mind for what that gimmick would be, but it's not really a "stupid Nintendo gimmick" as it's more so just an actually powerful console with some unique features.
Wild thought... What if nintendo allows Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games to be played on the Switch 2? I mean thinking about it... call me crazy but they are closing the stores for the 3ds and Wii U this year which makes room for the Switch 2 system.
the switch is not just a GameCube or WiiU, it is a DS and 3DS as well. Those have had a rich history of success from that transition. I think that the switch is more of a handheld than a home console. That is Nintendo’s strength. You can’t just base the switch’s success based off home consoles, you have to look at everything
Why the next console could be a failure? Let me guess... Nintendo made so much game since the legendary Super Mario Bros NES in 1985 and manage to get more people who join them into their community over the years since arround 40 years by go on several consoles with the N64, GCN, Wii, Wii U, GBA, DS and 3DS and, when we see what we got about games in Switch for those 7 years, we can understand why they aren't interest for the next Nintendo console so buy the next Nintendo console for what exactly? For get better graphics than the previous consoles but, just like the Switch, we gonna have a lot of grab money game with more than 10 Pokemon games and 6 Fire Emblem and 6 Kirby games with a lot of old video game port that we have played before and still know them perfectly like Peach possessed at the end of Paper Mario TTYD as final boss, Mario paint see in fully in the last mansion from Luigi's Mansion 2 and the two endings about Mario vs Donkey Kong about the second with Mario comfort DK by offer him one of his own tiny Mario toys? And, meanwhile, we gonna have nothing for a new Star Fox and Kid Icarus games, not even a remastered if Nintendo is too lazy for made a new game, just 3 Metroid games, just one sort of Rom hack about F-Zero from the SNES to the Switch with 99 players instead made a new 3D game or a remastered game if they are still lazy for do a new game and just one Pikmin game while the 3 others was port and the Mario Kart true fans never get their new Mario Kart on Switch who doesn't smell the 2014 Wii U port about to put more stuff 10 years later like if the game was release unfinished on the Wii U that they need to fix it 10 years later instead turn the page and made a new game? And we don't even forget when the Animal Crossing was feeling bettray by Nintendo by complaint about a lot ot things about their game on Switch. So, without joking, who gonna be enought d*mb like a f*ck for spend a lot of hundred buck for buy their next console just for play recycled video game and a lot of grab money game instead play new fresh game and various game seriously?
It needs to fulfill some kind of need that the Switch doesn't, much the same way that the Switch fulfills a need that the Wii U didn't, and the way that the Wii U didn't fulfill any needs that the Wii didn't. If it's just a souped-up Switch, only hardcore Nintendo fans will buy it. The same people that bought a Wii U.
But it wasn't a failure either, Nintendo felt happy at the very least that they were known for being more of a console made for fun, while the PS1 was known for being more for the hard-core gamers, so that's why Nintendo made a successor to the N64.
I really think the biggest reason for people to want a new console is the power of the switch, not the need for a new gimmick. Just look at recent pokemon games, mobile games look better than that nowadays, i can barely call my switch a console, but thats just my opinion
What I wish for on the next Nintendo switch is Personality, which the switch doesn't have, and that little birthday easter egg hardcoded into the system, just like the Wii U has.
My proposal for a switch successor: Nintendo Attach & Switch Hardware Spec: Power: about equivalent 2013 version PS4/Xbox one or steam deck, 1.5 tflops portable and 2 tflops docked Graphics: 1080p30/720p60 OLED handheld, 1440p30/1080p60 docked Same cartridge slot except with a piece missing, allows for switch compatibility but new game can’t fit in switchs’ cartridge slot 7” version sold for $349, with a mini version(5.5”) that have LCD for $299 From factor/gimmicks: A screen and 2 joy-con similar to the switch The joy-con is modified to remove joy-con drift as well as the addition of pointer control The new joy-con have a mechanism to swap out the directional button for a D-pad(included) and swap out the main button for a GCN layout(layout piece sold separately) The switch screen also have a piece of slide rail at the top, allowing the new dock(which is sliced into) to show the screen of the switch The top slide rail of the attach & switch can also let the switch ‘attach’ other accessories(sold separately) e.g. A screen accessories to put on top of it for a DS-like experience but can also be held separately with plugged in joy-con for a more Wii U like one A front/rear camera + microphone accessories allows for AR stuff but also can be used separately with the kickstand for motion tracking/allowing the game to work when docked A 3D screen accessories for everything the regular screen accessories do but also have a 3D slider to allow for stereoscopic 3D A plastic piece allows for VR experience(not as great as PS/Xbox) Software/Switch Online: Street pass is coming back, this time used the joy-con to track steps and stuff using the motion sensor The attach & switch have more software features like Wii, Wii U, DSi and 3DS A photo app for some photo editing A sound app for play around with recorded audio A world news app similar to the Wii A weather app A camera app Mytendo: a upgraded Mii with clothing support Nintendoverse: Nintendo’s take on the metaverse, which allows for interaction for your Mytendo and also chat with others with picture, share flip note and have game community. This time with ai assisted filtering Switch online is altered to have 2 tiers P2P online is now free Base tier for $29.99 for NES, SNES, sega genesis, master system, N64, Gameboy and GBA games alongside dedicated servers Expansion pack for $39.99 for GCN, Dreamcast and DS games at launch, with Wii and 3DS later
so, a few important things to note are the following: the n64 wasn't really a 'success', it was outsold 3:1 by the PS1. The gamecube sold poorly because of the mini-DVD format, which made porting larger games to it way more difficult along with a controller that kinda sucked for anything that wasn't a gamecube game and it also lacked L1, L3, R3 and select. The Wii U not only sold poorly due to what could only be described as a marketing fuck-up of astronomical proportions, but also because their release cycles were as dry as a desert, while often also having the worse version of AAA games. due to the small storage and a few other reasons, Wii U AAA games often lacked proper multiplayer, DLC and other features people wanted. Why buy COD ghosts on the wii-u when you can get more out of the game on PS4 or XB1? If the rumors of the 'switch 2' being a similar speed to a PS4 are true, I think that a new gimmick won't be as important as having a large library of really fun games, as that's what made the Wii and Switch sell so many units plus you could also port quite a lot more cross-platform games onto the switch 2.
Having free online again would be amazing!!!! I'm completely against the idea of paying a tax actually be able toto use the internet you already have to pay... But that alone wouldnt sell the new switch, better hardware + new great triple a games plus a new gimmick that is actually used by playing and that many games support it would be awesome! Then you add a better battery or make it a console instead of a portable, plus free internet while xbox and playstation keep asking for payment... that would be a sucess! Now if nintendo click baits with free online for the early launch of the console just like they did with the switch and say... internet will be free until so and so...... then its gonna be bad 😬 Nintendo always had portable consoles along side consoles, i have a feeling sooner or later they're going back to it. It's still gonna take some time to make an hd portable system that has good hardware and also good battery. 2h to 3h of gameplay is not enough... they should go back to consoles and then work with the switch along side of the main console, make the "New Switch" like they made the "New 3DS", and focus on a powerfull machine for main titles. At least a console thats equal to PS4... as the switch keeps at a PS3 quality. Its not a PS5 but its something!
LOL NO. Wii U is why Nintendo created Nintendo Directs. Gaming press and RU-vidrs can no longer have the impact on word of mouth like they used to. This video won’t age well. Prepare the drums.
I wouldn't call the Nintendo 64 a success, it was far behind its main competitor in sales and sold much less than the Super Nintendo, also, Nintendo Switch doesn't have Super Mario 3D Land.
I think that people often dont realize that the vast majority of people who buy nintendo systems aren't hardcore gamers who buy every system. if they still have something relatively new, they probably wont buy the new thing coming out. I think there is also a chance the new system could be sell better, since they waited so long after releasing the switch. as long as it's not too similar to the switch it might do ok.
Yeah, but what sell consoles the most are the exclusives if the switch 2 or whatever ends being called might have improved versions of the joy, con controllers but a bit bigger similar size duelsense
probably so it doesn’t feel horrible on the hands, don’t think it’d be very pleasant to have the edges of the controller bury deep into your palms (unless you like having numb hands)
I don't think they are cursed to have a failed console next but I still hurt from what happened with the Wii U. In terms of gamecube I love that system.
@@miracle3515 But are you really shocked by it? The gamepad was the central gimmick for the console, and yet even they could barely manage to find a use for it, let alone third-party developers. That, combined with it being so much weaker than the offerings by Sony and Microsoft, meant it was objectively the worst purchase anyone could make in terms of eighth gen consoles. And that's without mentioning the absolutely terrible marketing they did for the console.
@@ambientNexus you aren’t wrong at all. looking at it now it makes sense why a lot of people didn’t care for the Wii U. But as a kid I didn’t care about any of that I just thought it was a fun console
Nintendo should make their next home console AS POWERFUL AS THE X-BOX and then bring back and get ahead from Sony releasing ALSO A POWERFUL HANDHELD GAME CONSOLE! This format is a lot better than a hybrid console! WE NEED A POWERFUL CONSOLE THAT HAVE MORE ADULT OR MATURE GAMES RATHER THAN NINTENDO STICKING WITH THEIR PHILOSOPHY THAT THEIR CONSOLE IS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY! Gaming since the early 2000's became more adult and mature what more in today's time. WE NEED A NEW POWERFUL HOME CONSOLE AND HANDHELD CONSOLE FROM NINTENDO!
I think Nintendo would do good in that the Switch 2 is literally just make the new console the un-docked handheld version that way they can sell it for cheaper meaning easier turn around for always having consoles available, which is one of the switches biggest issues, and if your want a new dock they can keep the OG price of the switch.
''Pokémon is gonna faillllll so harddd ,, rarrrrrrrr!11'' *Scarlet & Violet sell over 22 million copies. 7 million more than gen4* ''Ohhh the Switch is a hybrid with the power of a calculator,, $ony will eat Nintendo alive mhwhahaha!! The Nintendo -Calculator- ,, er , Switch: *125mn+ sales.* Ah I love these ''trust me I'm the Wisest One'' videos! 😄
I completely disagree. My biggest take-away is the MIG cartridge being a factor for not making the Switch 2 backwards compatible. I think it's just a bit silly because the R4 card (which was rampant on the DS about three years after launch) didn't play a factor in the 3DS being backwards compatible. The MIG cartridge, while an issue for devs, only came around within the last few months, nearly 7 years into the console's life. On top of that, the MIG cartridge is probably going to be bought by less than 1% of Switch owners. Also the next point is that "if I think it could work on a previous console, what's the point of the new one?" is a bit dumb. Sure, I understand not wanting to upgrade, but I'd much rather spend $300-$500 every 5-8 years or so on something that will last me a long while as opposed to spending it once and reaching the point where games just start feeling same-y or outdated on the same tech I've had for years because the company refuses to upgrade because their console is still selling well. The PS2 didn't have an impact on the PS3 launch, PS2 still remained a healthy option for consumers to purchase their games on well into the late 2000's and even a bit here and there in 2010 (partially due to the Wii having an easy port job to PS2-standard). I don't think that this year will be the "end-all" year for the Nintendo Switch, even if we do get a new console come holiday time. Nintendo still had support for the last consoles for quite some time after their new one. Let's look at the Super Famicom for example. In Japan, the last game released on the SFC was a remake of a Japan-only Famicom title called Metal Slader Glory. The game got a remake for the SFC in November of 2000 (10 months before the launch of the GameCube in Japan, two consoles AFTER that one)
Why you guys regard Nintendo Switch as a "Home console". It more like a "Handheld Console". Nintendo's handheld console "NEVER" failed.So Switch 2 won't be in WiiU situation. Handheld console didn't have competitor. So It ok if Switch 2 just improve machine power just like PS. But Nintendo will add some new sale point on switch 2.
Well. Here's what I think. Technology getting better... And well new features... Stuff... Are the only actual reasons to release a new console FROM an "end-user" point of view. I am not acting like a Nintendo fan here. I am an oldschool fan... But I think basically Nintendo fans usually forget about what could benefit end-users such as themselves. So my point is that... If Nintendo fans don't really care about better technology and new features... That basically means that from an end-user perspective there's absolutely no reason for new consoles... And that all that matters for Nintendo fans is Nintendo itself as a company being successful... And thus... Sales numbers... And thus... Releasing a console for NO REASON but profit... Yeah... Sounds good?
The Mig switch has come out far too late in the switch 2 development for Nintendo do do anything. Also, the Mig switch is not the first time Nintendo had to deal with a flashcard that emulates the cartridge (not talking about the R4) the 3DS had the sky3DS which emulated 3DS cartridges. Nintendo's solution was simple, any new games going forth would have a hardware DRM chip on the cartridge, which the sky3DS couldn't emulate. They also baned the UID's of pirated ROM's, so unless you were copying your own games, or doing some really technical UID swapping, you were guaranteed to get banned using a Sky3DS. Also, you're not going to find Nintendo's main audience buying pirating hardware, that's something only the scene would be interested on doing
based on my sample of a whole total of 5 (not four, FIVE), I can safely predict that it will be a flop. Jeez. Clickbait videos never change. The switch 2 will just be "more powerful switch". Unless it's overpriced it'll sell like hot cakes.
First of all the N64 wasn't a success it sold really bad compared to the PS1 the only super successful home consoles for them have been NES, SNES, Wii, and now Switch. You also missed Super Mario 3D Land when you mentioned all 3D Mario games 🙄
Nintendo doesn't make any money off of used game sales, so the migswitch will have no bearing on backwards compatibility. Not having backwards compatibility with switch carts will kneecap the launch sales of the new consoles, and Nintendo knows that. Get banned for playing a used game online? Well that's your problem, not Nintendo's. Don't want to risk being banned? Buy the games new/digital and put more $$$ in Nintendo's pockets, that's going to be the line of reasoning they use.
1:50 that's not even true, i can dismiss Super Mario 64 DS (because it's a remake of a game that IS on switch) but Super Mario 3D Land deserves attention too because without it we wouldn't have 3D World (and Buddy Buds)
I think it’ll boil down to what the initial line up will be. Nintendo’s franchising are what sells units and make them stand out from the competition: a more powerful switch that launches with an amazing new zelda, 3D mario, metroid prime, animal crossing and pokemon (not even a good one) all in the span of, let’s say, 1.5 years will sell good. If they launch it with mario kart, mario party and other strictly casual stuff, it won’t be successful, casuals and families won’t find a reason to buy a new system
1) Dont think that they are going the change the format of the cardtridges. They changed form discs to cards because the switch portable mode. 2)Online main problem is that the lag is unacceptable for a paid service. 3)Well honestly, they need to release new consoles because the technology becomes more demanding. What I can agree is that the life cycle of a console should be longer. 8-10 years more or less
I actually had this same idea with you I'm actually worried that the next Nintendo console will be called "Switch 2" i hope it doesn't but now I'm just wondering PlayStation Add Numbers To They're New Consoles will Nintendo do what the PlayStation do?
I have to admit, with it looking like the Switch unless the new games are even better and revolutionary as their main Mario and Zelda were on the Switch a lot of people could pass on this. I really hope for them it looks different enough so families don't think this is kind another Switch Lite or some addon. I think Metroid Prime 4 could be the right choice, they should definitely try to boost their other franchises. If they're very lucky and Gamefreak finally manage to get out a decent 3D pokémon they will be good.
The SNES wasn’t a flop, the Game Boy colour and Advance were not flops, the 3DS was not a flop. There is no “pattern” here so your entire basis is fundamentally flawed.
I'm not even gonna bother watching this video because this pattern doesn't apply to the switch which is mainly a handheld console with a HDMI output not a true home console. Every single handheld console nintendo made has been hugelly successful so there's no reason why the switch successor won't be successful. I can see it selling less than the OG switch but it won't be a flop if you follow "patterns".
I think the next console that has a foldable screen to have 2 screens like 3ds games but can close it to just have one screen Edit:I don't know how it would work except but something to that effect,a way to have it be like the wii u were you can have it in handheld but also on your TV at the same time would be sick,basically a switch but with the Gimmicks of 2 other gens,I think I'd be really good and make more ways to play and open up different possibilities,say in like,a splatoon 4 you can use x then tap one of the 4 left things to superjump you could also have it be like the wii u were the handheld could be the map,and as an idea to make it easier to not have it be 2 consols it's to have it when it's in the wii u mode to only be able to be a certain distance away to maybe stop any shenanigans
